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Al Qaeda gunmen kill 16 in Ivory Coast beach attack

Soldiers stand guard on the beach in Grand-Bassam, Ivory Coast (Photo: courtesy)

GRAND BASSAM: Gunmen from al Qaeda's North African branch killed 16 people, including four Europeans, at a beach resort town in Ivory Coast on Sunday, the latest in a string of deadly attacks that have confirmed the Islamists' growing reach in West Africa.

Six shooters targeted hotels on a beach at Grand Bassam, a weekend retreat popular with westerners about 40 km (25 miles) east of the commercial capital Abidjan, before being killed in clashes with Ivorian security forces, the government said.

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